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Delino DeShields, Jr. is out of the hospital one day after taking a 90 mph fastball to the face. The Corpus Christi Hooks player was on the field with the Frisco Rough Riders when he was hit. The tweeted picture of his injury went viral. (Published Saturday, Apr 19, 2014)

Updated at 9:27 AM CDT on Monday, Apr 21, 2014

A player on the Corpus Christi Hooks, a minor league baseball team in Texas, is nursing a nasty bruise after suffering a serious blow to the face.

On Friday, Delino DeShields, Jr. was struck on the right side of his face with a fastball traveling 90 mph.

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The ball ended up fracturing his cheek but DeShields insists he will be back on the field soon.

“I can go right now,” said DeShields.

The 21-year-old center fielder was up at bat against the Frisco RoughRiders when he got hit with the fastball.

“The pitch that hit me got on me kind of quick, and next thing you know I was on the ground,” he added.

He said he didn’t feel pain, just swelling. He eventually got up and walked off the field.

“I am a very strong individual. I have a football mindset. That is what got me to walk off the field yesterday,” said DeShields, who was a 2010 first round pick for the Houston Astros and is the son of former major leaguer Delino DeShields.